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STICKING WITH THE PROGRAM: Former Princeton University fencing star Maya Lawrence, left, and Tiger fencing coach Michel Sebastiani celebrate earlier this month after Lawrence won the U.S. National title in the epee in the competition held in Sacramento. Lawrence, a 2002 Princeton alum, has continued to train with Sebastiani on a weekly basis at his Cercel D'Escrime de Princeton/Sebastiani Fencing Academy. It was the first U.S. crown for Lawrence, whose triumph qualified to her compete in the World University games this August in Izmir, Turkey and the World Championships in Leipzig, Germany in October.end of caption

By Bill Alden

Getting off to a 0-2 start last week in the East Brunswick Summer Slugfest All-Star Tournament, the Princeton Patriots seemed headed for an early exit from the competition. Shaking off those early setbacks, the Princeton 11-year-old squad won their next two contests to advance to the semifinals of the six-team tournament.